Michael Slowe
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I believe that if you want to archive the actual BPAV files then you can’t mess around with them in any way. However, there is nothing to stop you selecting sections of clips within EX Transfer and then putting them on your archive drive but I imagine that you have to first import into your system, choose a codec and then export the files. Others will doubtless suggest the best route.
Michael Slowe
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All this merely confirms my long held view that the best editing system is that of Media 100. I read the paper published on The Cow by the chap who, fed up with FCP, tried Adobe Premiere Pro and raved about it. As far as I can tell Media 100 does all he described, and a darned site easier and quicker. I shoot on an EX 1 and import my media using the EX Transfer software and edit within Media 10 in Apple ProRes 422 HQ with no problems. If you need to lay to tape that is easy too.
Michael Slowe
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I know that this will not help you with your current problem but when I’m in your situation requiring to clear the card space I just drag the complete BPAV folders from the cards in the camera – USB to my MacBook. If you want to adapt the files later for whatever editing system you use you can do that at your leisure. The secret is to keep the BPAV camera folders intact when you transfer initially.
I’m sure that once the working week commences someone will advise you how to rescue the situation, it can be done I’m certain but I don’t know how.
Michael Slowe
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I believe that the Encore encoder is pretty good. You ask whether “BitVice encoded movies can be used in Encore” The question perhaps should be reversed because presumably you are encoding from Encore, not to it. BitVice is a stand alone application which accepts a file such as a QT .mov exported from a timeline and encodes to an M2V (for video) and an ac3 Dolby audio file. It also downscales an HD file at the same time. I then mix and format these files in DVD Studio Pro and burn the resultant .img file in Toast. So why go back to the edit application?
Michael Slowe
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Joe, I’m not trying to be a smart arse but why is everybody so eager to install every software update that appears? I don’t understand why the companies produce so many updates because the benefits of most of them seem to be very slight. Isn’t it better to wait until you are clear and then do a major upgrade of whatever applications you have, all at once. The advantages are that after say six months to a year, every combination will have been tried and tested. That’s what I do and it still keeps my edit suite pretty much up to date.
Michael Slowe
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Gerry, it played fine on my Safari server here in London. Nice smooth edit but the music went on a bit and I found it irritating – did the couple want that music? Also, the exposure was a bit variable, it looked like the camera was on auto exposure, was it? Nice stuff though, and good angles and transitions. Is this just an excerpt, no guests shown, looked a bit ‘sparse’ without them!
Media 100 for ever!! Easy to use, great to look at, never lets you down.
Michael Slowe
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Marcus, the main problem is that when I laud the virtues of Media 100 to film makers they haven’t heard of it. If Boris really want to help they should push the name forward whenever they advertise any Boris product – they often do not even mention Media 100. By the way my picture is squashed, I just dragged it from my desk top, how do I unsquash it?
Michael Slowe
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The problem is that most people reading about Media 100 are diehard fans. Whenever I mention my editing platform to people I either get a blank look or “Are they still running?”. Boris don’t do a whole lot of promotion nowadays, they concentrate on pure Boris products but it really is true that Media 100 is still the most intuitive and efficient editing system of them all. Maybe lacks some of the clever, clever, features of say, Avid or FCP but for pure editing it is fantastic. Are people returning now the updates have virtually caught up with developments in the acquisition field?
Michael Slowe
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The advice on Bit Rates is generally agreed. I wouldn’t use Compressor for encoding DVD, I consider the best encoding software to be BitVice. That allows you to choose an average bit rate over two passes and it gives me very good DVD’s from my EX footage transcoded to Apple ProRes 422 HQ. If you have HD material why not make Blu-Ray discs and make the very best of your HD footage as you appear to want to do? Titanium Toast 10 or 11 does a great job with BD’s but you’ll need a stand alone BD burner (not expensive today).
Michael Slowe
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Now you mention it I had this problem with older versions of Media 100 and I got over it by, after conforming, deleting the titles and re making them over the SD conformed programme. I also found all sorts of odd things had happened with fades and mixes but I haven’t done this for a while so can’t really remember precisely. I now mostly only make DVD’s from an HD timeline and let BitVice do the downscale and BD’s of course direct from an exported ProRes file. Our need for SD tapes from HD is I imagine reducing rapidly.
Michael Slowe